Kassadin vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Kassadin
based on 814 Kassadin vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Poppy
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Win Against Poppy
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Kassadin vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several vital Kassadin versus Poppy matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Poppy. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kassadin usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Poppy. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Poppy
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually loses when facing off against Poppy, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes a bad counter for Poppy.
While Kassadin does have a lower win rate compared to Poppy, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Poppyas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kassadin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter to Poppy. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kassadin to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin most often picks up more CS compared to Poppy. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kassadin versus Poppy build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Poppy than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Poppy as Kassadin, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Poppy face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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